Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
hue
NOUN:
1. The property by which the sense of vision can distinguish between objects, as a red apple and a green apple, that are very similar or identical in form and size: color, shade, tint, tone. SeeCOLORS. 2. The degree of vividness of a color, as when modified by the addition of black or white pigment: gradation, shade, tinge, tint. SeeCOLORS. 3. A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation: cast, tinge, tint, tone. SeeCOLORS.
